All master’s theses completed and available to us at Western Michigan University since 1941 have been entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies from earlier years are available through interlibrary loan. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses from 1976
The Interactive Effects of Assignment Length and Reinforcement of Academic Performance on Classroom Conduct, Emily S. Koenig
The Second Part of the Tractatus De Materia Concilii Generalis of Pierre D'ailly, Patrick Lally
Self-Reinforcement in the Classroom: Assessing Efficacy, Durability, Prior History and Unmerited Self-Reward, Mark Henry Lewis
The Interactive Effects of Problem Difficulty and Reinforcement of Social Behavior on Academic Performance in the Classroom, Wendy Lee Leys
A T-Matrix Analysis for the Scattering Cross Section, Michael J. Linville
The Microbiological Ecology of Slime Formation in a Paper Mill, Alexander E. Maccubbin
Response Preferences of Blacks and Roleplaying Whites to Affirmative Action Subscripts in Job Advertisements, David Richard MacDonald
East Grand Rapids Public School District Major Internship, Robert G. MacEachran
A Faunal Analysis of Five Woodland Period Archaeological Sites in Southwestern Michigan, Terrance J. Martin
Response Preferences to Affirmative Action Statements in Job Advertisements, Milo Anthony Masura
Training School Personnel in the Theory and Application of Behavior Modification Principles and Techniques: A Workshop Approach, Susan Wiles Meston
An Internship Experience at the Family Divorce Counseling Service, Barbara L. Metcalfe
Ethological Anthropology: An Examination of Biological and Experimental Influences on Some Behavioral Systems in Human and Non-Human Primates, Robert Jennings Miller
An Examination of the Functionality of Self-Monitoring under External Reactive Conditions, Richard Scott Montier
A Follow-Up Study of the Master's Degree Graduates in the Department of Business Education and Administrative Services at Western Michigan University, Jane Gustafson Morrison
Electronic Contribution to Magneto-Thermoelectric Power in Many-Valley Model of n-Ge, Carlos Humberto Munera
Morality Among Cathar Perfects and Believers in France and Italy, 1100-1300, James Edward Myers
Effects of Rheology on Pigmented Size Press Coating Pattern, Stanley L. Oakleaf
A Study of Asymptotic Solutions of Second Order Linear Differential Equations, Toshitake Okada
A Comparative Study of the Physical Fitness of Nigerian Elementary School Children of Different Socioeconomic Status, Adeline Omokhogie Oseni
The Validation of a Test Battery and Biographical Data Used to Select Key-Punch Operators, Michael F. O'Toole
Effects of Simulator Training on the Acquisition and Generalization of Pedestrian Skills in Retarded Persons, Terry J. Page
Evaluation of an Experimental Time-Telling Program for Normal and Mentally Impaired Children, James W. Partington
Physiological Iron Deficiency Anemia in Suckling Beagle Pups, Timothy F. Porter
Comparative Evaluation of Glucose Stimulated Insulin Secretion in Nondiabetic, Diabetic, and Prediabetic Chinese Hamsters, Ronald Neil Prange
The Prevalence of 47, XYY Males among Collegiate Basketball Players, Joy Ann Price
The Paraprofessional Polemic: Investigating the Case of the Paraprofessional in the Community Mental Health Center, William Joseph Riley
A Comparison of the Hutchings' “Low-Stress" and Current Addition Algorithms for Speed and Accuracy in Two School Settings with Regular and Special Education Children, Laurence E. Rudolph
The Role, Views, and Background Characteristics of Current Michigan School Psychologists, Sharon Sue Russell
Stimulus Properties of Population Density, Robert Alan Schauerhamer
Mapping Interpersonal Communication Behaviors on the Leary Circumplex, Yvonne L. Spaulding
A Summary of Experiences in an Internship in the Area of School Business Management, Lawrence H. Stancliff
A Report of an Internship in the Central Office of the Vicksburg Community Schools, Raymond C. Staples
The Revision and Implementation of an Assessment Form, Cleophus Sturdivant
The Use of Make-a-Picture Story Test Background Cards as Diagnostic Indicators in Comparison with Elevated MMPI Scales, Melissa Eddy Tatum
Rubidium-Strontium and Uranium-Lead Geochronology of the Northeastern Border Zone of the Idaho Batholith Bitterroot Range, Montana, Steven E. Tripp
Avian Succession on Lake Michigan Sand Dunes, John B. Van Orman
An Investigation of the Study Habits and Attitudes of Successful and Unsuccessful Introductory Accounting Students, Chander Kanta Varma
Cortical and Subcortical Interhemispheric Interrelation in the Visual System, George C. Wagner
The Interactive Effects of Assignment Difficulty and Reinforcement of Conduct Behavior on Classroom Spelling Performance, Robert Victor Weis
Studies of Michigan Lycosidae, Robert John Wolff
On the Analytic Foundations of Behaviorism, Samuel Yaffe
Counseling the Alcoholic and Drug Abuser, Carolyn B. Yaple
Theses from 1975
Inhibitors and Retarders for the Free Radical Polymerization of Alpha-Methylstyrene, Alexander Accetta
Solar Heat Capacitors, Taddesse Aregahegn
The Status of the Dominant Cognitive and Operant Theories of Motivation in Industrial Psychology, Walter M. Baker
The Bomber Menace, 1917-1933: The Evolution of the First Ultimate Weapon and the Inability to Cope with It, Ingo E. Banse
The Effects of Early Protein Malnutrition on the Passive Avoidance Behavior of the Rat, Amy Astri Barmeier
A Low-Cost Parent Training Program for Single Parent Families, Joanne Benjamin Bauman
Maintenance of Housekeeping Skills in an Independent Living Situation for Developmentally Disabled Persons, Kenneth E. Bauman
Kinetics of the Thermal Decomposition of Pyridine, Tesfaye Biftu
An Analysis of American Violence, John Bolcato
Factors Contributing to the Usage or Non-Usage of Mental Health Programs at the Comstock Community Center, John H. Bolton
An Experimental Study Comparing the Effects of Small Group-Discovery Learning and Conventional Instruction on Student Achievement and Attitudes in Calculus, Mary Catherine Brechting
The Effects of Free Shocks on a Free Operant Two Lever Discriminated Avoidance Procedure, Glenda Denise Brown
The Counseling Internship: A Trainee's Personal Report, Carole Marie Bullmer
Use of Optical Character Recognition in the Invoice Processing System of the Michigan Medicaid Program, Richard F. Burns
Some Effects of Changes in the Feeding Schedule and Weight of Squirrel Monkeys in a Non-Contingent Electric Shock Situation, John Edward Bushong
La Tension Entre L’ Individu et la Société Dans Deux Romans, Carmela Calderone
A Follow-Up Study of the Kalamazoo Learning Village, Margarita Camacho
Spin-Flip Inelastic Scattering in 12C(p,p1)12C Near the 9.14 Mev Doublet, Hsing-Tsuen Chen
William Turner: Weltanschauung of an Elizabethan, Dennis J. Clarke
Affects of Thermal Assimilation and Low Grade Metamorphism on a Xenolith Bearing Basalt Dike in Marquette, Michigan, William E. Coons
An Analysis and Comparison of Title II River Basin Commissions, Douglas Alden Cox
Statural Growth in Down Syndrome, Christine E. Cronk
The Effects of Positive Conditioned Suppression on Schedule-Induced Polydipsia, John Robert Crossen
Research Opportunities on the Nature of Human Aggression, Thomas Richard Currier
An Experiential Survey of a Comprehensive Community Mental Health Program, Gordon J. Dahm
The Effects of Videotape Feedback on the Behavior Modification Skills of Student Therapists Working in a School for Multiply Handicapped Children, Nancy L. Denniston
Grand Rapids Junior College Major Internship, Kenneth P. Diller
Effects of a Multiple Baseline Design on Maintenance of Treatment Effects across Time, Bernard D. Fabry
The Administrative Curricular Responsibilities within a University Regional Center-Specialist Project, Larry James Fairbanks
Membrane Associated Glucose and Gluconate Oxidase Enzymes in Pseudomonas Fluorescens: Characterization and Regulation, Scott D. Feighner
The Role of the Suprapharyngeal Ganglia in Regulation of Oxidative Metabolism in the Intestinal Mitochondria of Lumbricus Terrestris, Raymond H. Fetterer
A Central Administration Internship in the Grand Rapids Public School System, Ronald F. Fite
Progesterone and Cortisol in the Hamster: Their Role in Parturition, as Well as the Growth and Lactogenesis of the Mammary Glands, Anne Christine Flook
The United States' "Guest Workers": A Case Study of Korean Temporary Workers on Guam, Rose Marie T. Franklin
Limnological Investigation of the Muskegon County, Michigan, Wastewater Storage Lagoons, W. Randolph Frykberg
The Effects of Differential Reinforcement Magnitude in the Autoshaping Experiment, Barbara J. Fulton
Development of a Manual for Training Psychiatric Outpatients in Interpersonal Communication Skills, Gary Joseph Fusciardi
The Measurement of Affect in Unit 3 of the High School Geography Project, Barbara E. Gerken
Generalized Imitation: Review and New Perspectives, Lilia Irene Duran Gonzalez
The Effectiveness of an Audio-Tutorial Program in High School Biology, John W. Goudie
The Training and Evaluation of Crisis Line Volunteers in Suicide Prevention, Susan Jean Groat
The Effect of 900 Hz and 1200 Hz Audible Sound on the Germination and Development of Seeds of Oats, Wheat and Cucumber, Augustina Gyimah
A Single Subject Comparison on the Effects of Three Treatments on the Rate of Stuttering, Bradford S. Haire
An Evaluation of a Weight-Loss Contract within a Weight Control Program, Brandon L. Hall
A Family Affair: Pampangan Hukism, James P. Hardy
A Report of an Internship with the Bangor Public Schools, Alfred M. Hawkins
United States Policy in the Nigerian Civil War, C. Onokata Idisi
A Report of an Intern Experience in the Role of the Principal in the Kalamazoo Public Schools Kalamazoo, Michigan, Paulina B. Ikeda
A Report of an Internship in Gull Lake Community Schools, Gull Lake, Michigan, Gary J. Jackson
The Effects of Perceived Parental Evaluations on Skills Development in Mathematics, Donna M. Kaminski
An Analysis of the Stone Artifacts from Gallinas Springs, New Mexico, Marvin G. Keller
Continentality Variability in the United States, 1934-1973, John L. Kerr
Fractionation of Ribosomal Proteins from Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria, Raymond J. Knaus